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The law surrounding concealed carry and the legalization of marijuana is likely to evolve dramatically as individuals begin to exercise their rights under these statutes and courts face the task of interpreting the newly-enacted provisions.

Last month, the Supreme Court ruled in American Express v. Italian Colors Restaurant that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) does not permit courts to invalidate a contractual waiver of class arbitration simply because a plaintiff’s cost of individually arbitrating a federal statutory claim exceeds the plaintiff’s potential recovery.

Under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), employers with 100 or more employees are required to provide workers with 60 calendar days’ notice in advance of a plant closing or mass layoff.

Wage-and-hour collective action lawsuits brought by current or former employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) have become a source of massive concern for employers over the last several years, and with good reason.

With the recent proliferation in gun violence and the national debate surrounding it, employers are growing even more cognizant of the potentially severe ramifications of hiring or retaining an employee with a questionable background.